Signs of the End of this Age
If you think things are going the wrong way just stop and realize that the King of the Universe - The Lord Jesus knows how it all will ends!
What you should do is get this information into your heart and seek the face of God before the final day!
May this Bless you are you come to realize what is in store for us!
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Signs of the End of the Age
Matt 24:1-51pp -- also see Mk 13:1-37; Lk 21:5-36
1
Jesus left the temple and was
walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to
its buildings.
2
"Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."
3
As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said,
"when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of
the end of the age?"
4
Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you.
5
For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ, ' and will deceive many.
6
You
will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not
alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.
7
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8
All these are the beginning of birth pains.
9
"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
10
At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,
11
and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
12
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
13
but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
15
"So
when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes
desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader
understand--
16
then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
17
Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house.
18
Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak.
19
How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
20
Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
21
For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again.
22
If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
23
At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it.
24
For
false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and
miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible.
25
See, I have told you ahead of time.
26
"So
if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out;
or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.
27
For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28
Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
29
"Immediately
after the distress of those days " 'the sun will be darkened, and the
moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the
heavenly bodies will be shaken.'
30
"At
that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the
nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on
the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory.
31
And
he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather
his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
32
"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
33
Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.
34
I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
The Day and Hour Unknown
Matt 24:37-39pp -- also see Lk 17:26,27 24:45-51pp -- Lk 12:42-46
36
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
37
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38
For
in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying
and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
39
and
they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took
them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
40
Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.
41
Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
42
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
43
But
understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of
night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have
let his house be broken into.
44
So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
45
"Who
then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in
charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the
proper time?
46
It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
47
I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
48
But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'
49
and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
50
The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
51
He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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